41.5% ▲ +89.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murwillumbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Murwillumbah
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in beliefs has occurred in Murwillumbah, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011. Now, 41.5% of residents have no religious affiliation, making this a more secular area than the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 43.1%, while 2.8% of people identify as Hindu. Those with no religion make up 41.5% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Murwillumbah splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 40.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031251/murwillumbah/topic/religion